Batley and Spen by-election: Candidate list released
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Ten candidates are running in a by-election in the seat of former Labour MP Jo Cox.
Mrs Cox, the MP for Batley and Spen, died after she was shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire, in June.
Along with Labour's candidate Tracy Brabin are nine others representing smaller parties or running as independents.
The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and UKIP have all said they will not be fielding a candidate.
The by-election takes place on 20 October.
Mrs Cox won the seat with a 6,057 majority in 2015.
Here is the full list of candidates:
Corbyn Anti - By Election Protest
Tracy Lynn Brabin - Labour Party
Jack Buckby - No to terrorism, yes to Britain
Richard Charles Edmonds - National Front
David Furness - British National Party Local People First
Therese Hirst - English Democrats: 'Putting England First!'
Waqas Ali Khan - Independent
Garry Mervyn Kitchin - Independent
Ankit Love - One Love Party
Henry Edmund Burke Mayhew - Independent